Likewise he who has not eaten at (the time of) six meals, may take at (the time of) the seventh meal (food) from a man who neglects his sacred duties, without (however) making a provision for the morrow,
खलात् क्षेत्रादगाराद् वा यतो वाऽप्युपलभ्यते । आख्यातव्यं तु तत् तस्मै पृच्छते यदि पृच्छति ॥ १७ ॥
Either from the threshing-floor, or from a field, or out of the house, or wherever he finds it; but if (the owner) asks him, he must confess to him that (deed and its cause).
ब्राह्मणस्वं न हर्तव्यं क्षत्रियेण कदा चन । दस्युनिष्क्रिययोस्तु स्वमजीवन् हर्तुमर्हति ॥ १८ ॥
(On such occasions) a Kshatriya must never take the property of a (virtuous Brahmana; but he who is starving may appropriate the possessions of a Dasyu, or of one who neglects his sacred duties.
The property of those who zealously offer sacrifices, the wise call the property of the gods; but the wealth of those who perform no sacrifices is called the property of the Asuras.